Hadamard Matrices and Their Applications
Hadamard 矩阵及其应用
An $n \times n$ matrix $H$ with all its entries $+1$ and $-1$ is Hadamard if $HH' = nI$. It is well known that $n$ must be 1, 2 or a multiple of 4 for such a matrix to exist, but is not known whether Hadamard matrices exist for every $n$ which is a multiple of 4. The smallest order for which a Hadamard matrix has not been constructed is (as of 1977) 268. Research in the area of Hadamard matrices and their applications has steadily and rapidly grown, especially during the…